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| System Name | Party On |
|---|---|
| Processor | Xeon w 3520 |
| Motherboard | DFI Lanparty |
| Cooling | Big tower thing |
| Memory | 6 gb Ballistix Tracer |
| Video Card(s) | HD 7970 |
| Case | a plank of wood |
| Audio Device(s) | seperate amp and 6 big speakers |
| Power Supply | Corsair |
| Mouse | cheap |
| Keyboard | under going restoration |
A fully operational Apple 1, Steve Jobs' first ever computer, will be auctioned off in Germany in just a few days.
The rare machine is one of eight working models in the world, and is expected to fetch £262,000 ($317,693).
Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the personal computer in 1976 - but produced only 150 models to sell to their friends and family.
The Apple 1 comes complete with original documents and even records of telephone calls with the company founders.
It was designed and built by hand by Wozniak in the Silicon Valley.
He began marketing it along with Jobs through the electronics chain Byte Shop in 1976, after the retailer bought the first 50 units.
They originally went on sale for £545, (US $666.66) as Wozniak liked repeating numbers.
Despite it being the first PC ever that was ready to use with monitor and keyboard access, it was delivered as just the motherboard.
This meant users had to get hold of a power pack, keyboard, monitor, and cassette recorder of their own.
Most early computers used different motherboards for each component, but Wozniak decided to put them onto a single board.
The computer was displayed on a TV screen linked up to the motherboard using a specifically-designed television terminus.
Wozniak chose to use a keyboard instead of the front panel switches featured on other early computers for ease of use.
The attachable cassette recorder was used to store and load software onto the machine.
The screen was slow by today's standards, displaying about 60 individual characters per second.
It also had a 8K memory - tiny by today's standards. For reference 8K, is just enough to save a 1,000 word document.
The rare model also comes with the necessary equipment to make it work, as well as proof of telephone correspondence with Wozniak and Jobs.
It also contains the original card and the original early 6502 microprocessor in a rare white ceramic design.
The card contains the software system Basic, which was only available for Apple 1 at the beginning of 1977.
'According to the Apple 1 register, compiled by Mike Willegal, there are only 60 sets still in existence, and a mere eight in working order.
'This model has the serial number 01-0073 and is logged as the fourteenth in the register.
The all-in-one computer had a tiny 8K memory, minuscule by today's standards but unheard of in 1976. For reference 8K is just enough to save a 1,000 word document
The founders decided to use a an MOS Technology 6502 processor (white bar) because it was cheap and easy to get hold of
http://www.popularmechanics.com/tec...a-extremely-rare-apple-1-is-going-to-auction/
The rare machine is one of eight working models in the world, and is expected to fetch £262,000 ($317,693).
Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the personal computer in 1976 - but produced only 150 models to sell to their friends and family.
The Apple 1 comes complete with original documents and even records of telephone calls with the company founders.
It was designed and built by hand by Wozniak in the Silicon Valley.
He began marketing it along with Jobs through the electronics chain Byte Shop in 1976, after the retailer bought the first 50 units.
They originally went on sale for £545, (US $666.66) as Wozniak liked repeating numbers.
Despite it being the first PC ever that was ready to use with monitor and keyboard access, it was delivered as just the motherboard.
This meant users had to get hold of a power pack, keyboard, monitor, and cassette recorder of their own.
Most early computers used different motherboards for each component, but Wozniak decided to put them onto a single board.
The computer was displayed on a TV screen linked up to the motherboard using a specifically-designed television terminus.
Wozniak chose to use a keyboard instead of the front panel switches featured on other early computers for ease of use.
The attachable cassette recorder was used to store and load software onto the machine.
The screen was slow by today's standards, displaying about 60 individual characters per second.
It also had a 8K memory - tiny by today's standards. For reference 8K, is just enough to save a 1,000 word document.
The rare model also comes with the necessary equipment to make it work, as well as proof of telephone correspondence with Wozniak and Jobs.
It also contains the original card and the original early 6502 microprocessor in a rare white ceramic design.
The card contains the software system Basic, which was only available for Apple 1 at the beginning of 1977.
'According to the Apple 1 register, compiled by Mike Willegal, there are only 60 sets still in existence, and a mere eight in working order.
'This model has the serial number 01-0073 and is logged as the fourteenth in the register.
The all-in-one computer had a tiny 8K memory, minuscule by today's standards but unheard of in 1976. For reference 8K is just enough to save a 1,000 word document
The founders decided to use a an MOS Technology 6502 processor (white bar) because it was cheap and easy to get hold of
http://www.popularmechanics.com/tec...a-extremely-rare-apple-1-is-going-to-auction/
